Turkey bombs PKK bases in N. Iraq

Turkish warplanes bombed Thursday PKK hideouts in the Zap-Avashin region in northern Iraq, army spokesman Brig. Gen. Metin Gurak was quoted by Turkish TV channels as telling at a weekly press briefing.

He said the fighters were careful to select their targets to avoid harming any civilians in the operation.

There were no reports of casualties.

It is the latest of a series of Turkish strikes against terrorist hideouts in northern Iraq, from where the PKK have staged hit-and-run attacks on Turkish targets for decades.

The PKK is listed as a terrorist group by Turkey and much of the international community, including the EU and the US.